Field Notes

Civil 3D workflows, lessons learned, and the occasional better way of doing things.

Practical, evergreen Civil 3D workflow articles from Escapement Tools.

Civil 3D surface with overlapping contour labels

Cleaning Up Duplicate Civil 3D Contour Labels

A practical approach to identifying and cleaning up overlapping Civil 3D surface contour labels.

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Civil 3D Feature Lines with elevation points

Adding Elevation Points to Civil 3D Feature Lines

Why elevation points matter, where they belong, and how to batch-add them without unnecessarily complicating horizontal geometry.

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Civil 3D TIN surface with Ross ET-002 material regions

Getting a Civil 3D TIN Ready for Model Review

It's about communicating civil design information outside Civil 3D.

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